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Octavia

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Octavia
Pedigree: Lu 56 220 94 x Asparges (Ratte) [8,20,21]
Lu 56 220 94 x Asparges (Ratte) (adg,dms) [9]
Breeder: Asche-Saatzucht [9]
Danish Potato Breeding Foundatation [21]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1970 [20,21]
1972 [8,9]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originDENMARK [8, 9, 20, 21]
Data sourceDEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] POL IPR BON [20] SWE002 [21] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9, 21] Part tested [8, 20] Infected [11]
Plant material maintained asTuber [23] In-vitro [8, 9, 11, 20] Tuber and cryopreservation [21]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [8, 9, 11, 20, 21, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [8, 21]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesVery rare [21] Rare to occasional [9]
Flower colourWhite [9, 21]
Flower frequencyRare [21] Frequent [9]
Foliage coverModerate to good [9]
Light sprout colourPink [21]
MaturityIntermediate [9] Early [8]
Pollen fertilityVery low [21]
Stolon lengthMedium [21]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourLight yellow [9, 21] Yellow [8]
Tuber eye depthShallow [8, 9] Very shallow to shallow [21]
Tuber shapeOval to round [21] Oval [8] Oval to long [9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [8, 9, 21]
Tuber skin textureIntermediate [21]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodLong to very long [9]
Internal rust spotInfrequent to medium [8, 9]
Storage abilityVery poor to poor [8]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9] Uniform to very uniform [21]
Tuber sizeLarge [9]
Yield potentialMedium to high [9] High [23]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace [9]
Dry matter contentMedium [23]
Starch contentLow [8] Low to medium [9]
TasteGood to excellent [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9, 21]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Very low [21]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Low [21] Medium [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium [9, 23] High [8]
Resistance to late blight on tubersMedium to high [9] High [8, 23]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)High [8]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [8, 9, 21]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)High [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow to medium [9] Medium [8]
Resistance to potato mop top virusHigh to very high [21]
Resistance to potato virus MMedium [9]
Resistance to potato virus XMedium to high [8, 9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low to medium [8, 9]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virusHigh [9] High to very high [21]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1High [8, 9]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceMedium [9]
Frost resistanceLow [23]


Source:
[8] Federal Research Centre of Agriculture, GERMANY 2005
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[11] INRA, FRANCE 2005
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2005
[21] Nordic Genetic Resource Center, SWEDEN 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005















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